United Kingdom

List of Organisations

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List of Organisations

Better Volunteering Better Care - Better Care Network & Save the Children UK,

This consultancy project consists of a 3 month period to further research and develop plans for a youth-led media campaign in the UK, USA, and Australia.

Ofsted,

This guide by the UK's regulatory body, Ofsted, explains in detail what one must do in order to open a residential family centre. 

Daniel Mulloy,

The filmmaker Daniel Mulloy has directed a new 20-minute film, entitled ‘Home,’ which is inspired by the current refugee crisis. 

Rosie Lewis - The Guardian,

In this article from the Guardian, Rosie Lewis, a foster parent and adoptive parent, responds to UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s announcement last week in support of new laws tipping the balance in favor of adoption.

Hannah Richardson - BBC News,

A recent independent review, chaired by Lord Laming of the UK, has found that half of children in the criminal justice system in the UK have been in care at some point. 

BBC News,

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced the government’s plans to pass new laws to encourage adoption of children in care, among other things, “even when that means overriding family ties", he wrote.

Phil Smith - Huffington Post Blog,

In this piece for the Huffington Post Blog, Phil Smith, an adoptive father, writes about his and his wife’s experience with a program Concurrent Planning, run by a specialist team in London, UK. 

Press Association - The Guardian,

Research from the Howard League for Penal Reform suggests that children in care in the UK are more likely to be criminalized, and to come into contact with the criminal justice system, particularly children in residential care homes, according to this article from the Guardian.

Lorraine Waterhouse & Janice McGhee - Families, Relationships and Societies,

This article draws on Giorgio Agamben's (1995) theory of 'bare life' to examine the identity and the political positioning of child welfare-involved mothers in contemporary Western child protection systems to complement the primary focus on their children.

Jane Deith - File on 4 ,

In this episode of “File on 4” from BBC Radio, Jane Deith investigates the practice of “Special Guardianship” orders in the UK, orders that grant legal guardianship of children to relatives or others who come forward to care for children when their parents can’t.